the debate on the fiscal cliff is about entitlement programs. and i watched some of my friends on the left, on the democratic side saying don't touch the entitlement programs. they're ignoring the obvious. medicare untouched, unchanged, unamended runs out of money in 12 years. i plan on being around for 12 years. a lot of folks who are seniors do too, and those who anticipate retiring expect it to be there beyond 1 years. we need to do something. to say we're not going to touch medicare is to ignore the obvious. i don't want to go the paul ryan budget route of voucherrizing it, making it so expensive seniors can't pay for it but if we don't put our best talents together and make medicare a program that lasts beyond 12 years we are not meeting our obligation to the offices that we ran for. the last point, medicaid. what is medicaid? medicaid is insurance, health insurance for the poor. one out of three children in the state of illinois, their only health insurance is medicaid. more than half of the births in illinois, the prenatal care and well b